This is a medium-sized, leather-colored peach under test in Illinois; flesh lemon-yellow; of good quality; freestone.
Amande Douce. 1. Thomas Guide Prat. 48. 1876.
Listed without a description.
Ambrosia. 1. Continental Pl. Cat. 14. 1913.
This variety is said by the Continental Plant Company, Kittrell, North Carolina, to be a productive, attractive fruit with tender, melting flesh of high flavor, ripening in July.
Amelia I. 1. Mas Le Verger 7:241, 242, fig. 119. 1866-73. 2. Gard. Mon. 10:126. 1868. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 598. 1869. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 18. 1871. 5. Mich. Sta. Bul. 169:207. 1899.
This peach originated many years ago with a Mr. Stroman, Orangeburg, South Carolina. Tree moderately productive, vigorous; glands reniform; fruit large, roundish-oblong, with a large, deep suture extending nearly around the fruit; skin pale whitish-yellow, shaded and marbled with a crimson blush; flesh creamy-white, juicy, melting, sweet, rich, vinous; quality good; pit free; ripens the last of August.
Amelia II. 1. Gard. Mon. 10:22. 1868. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 598. 1869. 3. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:809. 1896.
Pavie Amelia. 4. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:211 fig., 212. 1879.
This variety, which originated in 1850 with George Husman, Hermann, Missouri, is supposed to be a seedling of Columbia. It has frequently been confused with the Amelia from South Carolina. Tree vigorous, healthy; fruit large, round; suture distinct; apex roundish; color clear, rich yellow, marbled with dull red; flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet or pleasantly subacid; stone large, free; season the last of September.
Ameliaberta. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 32. 1899. 2. Del. Sta. Rpt. 13:90. 1901.